Wintry Milky Way & Constellations


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Date & Time: Nov 13 2020, from 25:55 to 28:03 JST(+0900), 4min.×12×2 flames
Nov 28 2021, from 20:25 to 21:18 JST(+0900), 2min.×8×3 flames
Mosaic of 5 flames
Optical: TAMRON 17-35mm Di OSD (f=24mm, 35mm, stop: F4.0)
with Kenko Softon Clear & Starry Night filters
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 ('20)& EYEBELL CD-1 ('21) Equatorials
Digital Camera: '20: Canon EOS 550D, '21: Canon EOS 6D
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings('20): Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456)
Sensitivity...ISO800
Camera Settings('21): Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Sensitivity...ISO1600



This image shows you the wintry Milky Way flowing down to the southern skies from Perseus, Auriga toward Canis Major and nearby constellations in winter night. Although this field is the blurriest Milky Way, includes the extraordinary vast distribution of dark and emission nebulae, we can enjoy the figure surprisingly rich in variety in long-exposed photographs.




Autumnal Milky Way & counterglow

Auriga to Canis Major


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